I don't usually like to tell the story of a film, it defeats the purpose of reviewing it, or, generally having a discussion on it. However, some films are so much story driven that without disclosing the concepts, it's nearly pointless talking about them. Radius is like that. Still I will not reveal any key story point that might seem as a spoiler.

Opening his eyes, gaining consciousness, a young man finds himself at the side of a road out of nowhere. A car is beside him, upside down. He's been in a car accident he gathers. Utterly confused, he goes to the city to find help.

However, soon he discovers gruesome sights. Wherever he sets his eyes on, there are people lying around. On the ground, in cars, on road, everywhere. Life robbed of them. Their eyes white. ("Virus outbreak?" I mused, "Will the dead bodies now jump and start marching?") The young man can't be sure of the nature of their deaths. Moreover, he finds himself devoid of any memories. Who is he, where he came from, his family, his history — nothing rings any bell. But, hey, there's an id card in his pocket, he learns his name is Liam. From the id card, he also tracks down his home. A reporter on TV reads the news, scientists cannot find the reason behind this mass death event, they are conducting researches day and night nonetheless. At this point in the story, another person shows up. A woman. She too cannot recall anything, and like Jane Does, we'll call her Jane. Jane claims she was in the car with Liam when the accident happened.

Now, in a city of corpse with white eyes, Liam and Jane find themselves perplexed, afraid, looking over their shoulders. For all they know, death can strike them at any moment. They are very much within her ethereal eternal reach.

[Source](https://warped-perspective.com/index.php/2018/01/17/radius-2017/)

This film could easily turn into a zombie apocalypse film, the symptoms were all there and you probably guessed the same but it dodged that bullet. I was surprised to find a fresh story, a happy surprise of course. Liam suspects that he has a radius around him, and the deaths are related to his radius. The woman, Jane is directly involved in this as well.

If I were to categorize Radius within a genre, it would be science fiction. However, the main characters and their obscure relationships with each other subdues the sci-fi elements of the story. This is a character driven tale, the story is laid out with patience. It didn't have to use gimmicks or trickery to keep me in chair, I liked with whatever pace it progressed. A cold mystery thriller, one could say, or a sci-fi drama.

I saw the film reading the synopsis, thought it to be a post-apocalyptic sci-fi but found myself a decent drama film. It doesn't bother with "explanations", which is a approach I like. I have no intention of getting myself into puzzle solving watching a piece of visual art. That's just waste of time.

Radius also asks a question I often muse with. How would we differentiate ourselves as unique beings? And the concept of self, is it only made of memories and nothing else? Theoretically, if we could separate a human being from his/her memories, would they be able to retain their personal self?

The film won't answer. Neither will I. I'm just happy, the film filled my appetite for a fine drama.

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